A newly married couple kisses during Pope Francis's weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at The Vatican, Wednesday, August 24, 2022. (Photo by Gregorio Borgia/AP Photo)





View of religious images are protected with bubble wrap belonging to the Our Lady of the Angels Parish Sanctuary that was damaged 5 years ago by an earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico, Sunday, August 7, 2022. The Parish has begun restoration work, which lost half of its dome and preserves the image of a virgin that is considered miraculous because it has survived floods and earthquakes. (Photo by Ginnette Riquelme/AP Photo)





A pilgrim attends a church service at a Greek Orthodox temple in Hasia, northwestern Athens, Greece, Sunday, August 14, 2022. The Dormition of the Virgin Mary (or Mother of God as the Greeks usually refer to her) is celebrated on Aug. 15. The religious event is coupled with midsummer festivities, known as Panigiria, that often last more than a day with music, culinary feasts and, in many cases, flea markets. (Photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo)





Dancers perform in a celebration marking Bolivia's Independence Day, in downtown Santiago, Chile, Saturday, August 6, 2022. Bolivian nationals living in Chile are marking the 197th anniversary of their independence from Spain. (Photo by Esteban Felix/AP Photo)





A statue of a hand with finger nails painted in Ukraine's national colors was placed in front of the Russian embassy in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, August 24, 2022. European leaders are pledging unwavering support for Ukraine as the war-torn country marks its Independence Day. The commemorations Wednesday coincide with the six-month milestone of Russia's invasion. (Photo by Petr David Josek/AP Photo)





A bicycle emerged from the river bed sits on the banks of the Tiber river, in Rome, Monday, August 22, 2022. Italy's worst drought in 70 years has exposed the piers of an ancient bridge over the Tiber River once used by Roman emperors but which fell into disrepair by the 3rd Century. (Photo by Gregorio Borgia/AP Photo)





Medics treat a wounded girl at the al Najar hospital following an Israeli airstrike on their family building in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, August 6, 2022. Israeli airstrikes have flattened homes in Gaza and Palestinian rocket barrages into southern Israel are persisting for a second day. (Photo by Hatem Ali/AP Photo)





A general view of fireworks during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony at Alexander Stadium on August 08, 2022 on the Birmingham, England. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





People watch Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship 'Razoni' leave the port of Odesa, Ukraine, 01 August 2022. The Razoni carries over 26,000 tons of corn and is bound for Tripoli, Lebanon with a stopover in Istanbul for inspection. It is the first ship exporting Ukrainian grain since a safe passage deal was signed between Ukraine and Russia on 22 July in Istanbul. Russian troops on 24 February entered Ukrainian territory, starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





DJI Matrice 300 reconnaissance drones, bought in the frame of program “The Army of Drones” are seen during test flights in the Kyiv region on August 2, 2022, prior to being sent to the front line. “The Army of Drones” is a project initiated by the General Staff of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Digital Transformation which is a comprehensive program in which organisation purchases drones, repair them, and train operators. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky/AFP Photo)





Ukrainian civilians take part in military training in Lviv region in western Ukraine on August 3, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP Photo)





A Ukrainian refugee girl (R) reacts towards her mother (L) while holding a fresh received Teddy bear toy during an event dedicated to the Ukrainian refugee children, organized by the NGO “Terre des Hommes”, part of the celebrations of Ukraine's Independence day in Bucharest, Romania, 24 August 2022. Ukrainians are marking 31 years of independence when it's six months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started. (Photo by Robert Ghement/EPA/EFE)





A fantasy figure promotes a video game at the Gamescom computer gaming fair in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, August 25, 2022. Around 1,100 exhibitors from 53 countries expect tens of thousands gaming enthusiast daily for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic at the world's largest gaming event. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)





People work near a damaged car from the overnight floods in the village of Gjermo, North Macedonia on August 23, 2022. (Photo by Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters)





Petards explode in front of the waning moon during a fireworks display in Mqabba, Malta on August 13, 2022. (Photo by Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters)





A swarm of mayflies (Ephoron virgo - Ephemeroptera of the Polymitarcyidae family) flies by a boat over the surface of the river Danube after sunset in Szentendre, north of Budapest, Hungary, on August 9, 2022. Mayflies insects disappeared from the big rivers of central Europe due to water pollution in the last 40 years, but they started to return around 2012 as a result of a better quality of the water. Reducing and adapting the artificial street lights on the river bank helped also not to attract the night-swarming mayflies away from the water. (Photo by Ferenc Isza/AFP Photo)





A goose looks for water in the dried bed of Lake Velence in Velence, Hungary, Thursday, August 11, 2022. A huge drought is sweeping across Europe, which effects Hungary too. According to the General Directorate of Water Management (OVF), the water level in Lake Velence, a popular touristic lake near Budapest, is at its lowest level ever recorded. (Photo by Anna Szilagyi/AP Photo)





Ukrainian volunteer military recruits take part in an urban battle exercise whilst being trained by British Armed Forces at a military base in Southern England, Monday, August 15, 2022. MOD and British Army as the UK Armed Forces continue to deliver international training of Ukrainian Armed Forces recruits in the United Kingdom.(Photo by Frank Augstein/AP Photo)





Destroyed trams are pictured in the city of Mariupol on August 1, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)